You would have needed a heart of stone NOT to laugh at Evan Davis this morning when he was advised by Ed Davey re the floods  “It’s been 300 years since there were floods like this, it’s unprecedented” Haha! New open thread for you.

    Same story…..completely different take:   From the Guardian 13 Sept. 2013: Ofcom could easily regulate BBC, says chief executive Ofcom boss Ed Richards says it would be ‘comparatively easy’ to oversee corporation, but parliament has ultimate responsibility       From the BBC Sept. 13 2013: Ofcom ‘should not govern’ BBC, says regulator     Here’s another story that you might keep an eye on to see the … Continue reading →

    Amazing what a difference a month makes. One month ago: Storms’ link to climate change uncertain – Met Office   One month later: Met Office: Evidence ‘suggests climate change link to storms’     Originally they told us: The recent storms that have brought heavy rain and floods to much of the UK cannot definitely be linked to climate change, the Met Office has said. A spokesman said … Continue reading →

  Climate Change has brought freezing cold rain dripping down the back of my neck so I recommend you stay indoors and fill this up…

      You’d never have known that there were any concerns about growing Union power over the Labour Party from this Today interview last Saturday in which we had Labour man Jim Naughtie interviewing (08:10)  (unfortunately now timed out) Ian Davidson, Labour MP for Glasgow south-west and the former Labour lord chancellor, Lord Falconer to discuss the proposals….so three Labourites in a BBC studio…any possibility they might come up … Continue reading →

  Two think tanks, Policy Exchange and Civitas, have criticised Ofsted…..apparently that is not allowed. The boss of Ofsted, Sir Michael Wilshaw, said he was ‘spitting blood’ about the ‘attacks’…he claims the ‘attack dogs’ were set on him by Michael Gove. Apparently Sir Michael Wilshaw believes he is above criticism. The BBC seems to agree…at least when it is from ‘Right leaning’ think tanks…or ‘rightwing’ think tanks as they described … Continue reading →

  The BBC were quick to follow Miliband’s lead and challenge the Tories on their supposed lack of women in government…as opposed to Miliband’s  abundance of the female of the species on his front bench….most of whom shouldn’t actually have been there…merely shipped in ‘decoration’ for a photo opportunity….a bit of Politicians’ Page three…..not cheap exploitation of women by Labour there then!   Political point scoring aside…does it do Miliband … Continue reading →

    Just another one, or two, to add to the suspicious list of things the BBC has avoided mentioning recently.   The German foreign minister, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, in an official visit to the UK recently made some startling comments: Rise of Eurosceptic parties could put peace in Europe at risk, German foreign minister claims   Now it would surely be churlish to point out that it was the Germans … Continue reading →

    The Somerset Levels…..climate change has meant they are now more like the Lost City of Atlantis…or that was the line we were being fed early on. Then the locals started kicking off….demanding dredging…..if the rivers had been dredged as they were 20 or so years ago this flooding would never have happened they proclaimed. All a bit inconvenient for the climate change brigade….not climate change but lack of … Continue reading →

      Funny what the BBC misses out of its news reports. One of the big political  battlegrounds is ‘fairness’….just how much are the Rich really suffering for instance…just how much are they paying in taxes? That’s right at the heart of Labour’s attack on the Tories…accused of being the party for Millionaires and big business.   First of all though, no mention of this by the BBC in … Continue reading →